Kid Cudi

Kid Cudi, "Man on the Moon: The End of Day" . 1/2 (out of 4) Cleveland native Scott Ramon Segring Mescudi, aka Kid Cudi, has popped up on recent projects by Kanye West and Jay-Z, and his 2008 single "Day N Nite" was an Internet smash. His full-length debut is an ambitious five-act journey that moves in "slow mo, when the tempo slows up and creates that new new," as Cudi raps. At its best, "Man on the Moon" (Universal Motown) is the "new new," a record built more for headphone...

Kid Cudi is bringing the leader of Odd Future Wolfgang Kill Them All (OFWKTA) on tour with him, Tyler, The Creator. It's nice to see that there is a young crop of rappers who think outside of the box, and even better, are getting some recognition for bringing not only different, but really good music, back to rap. Why go: "The Cud Life" Tour is in support of Cudi's recent album, "Indicud" which features guest spots from Too Short, RZA, Kendrick Lamar,...

Kid Cudi is bringing the leader of Odd Future Wolfgang Kill Them All (OFWKTA) on tour with him, Tyler, The Creator. It's nice to see that there is a young crop of rappers who think outside of the box, and even better, are getting some recognition for bringing not only different, but really good music, back to rap. Why go: "The Cud Life" Tour is in support of Cudi's recent album, "Indicud" which features guest spots from Too Short, RZA, Kendrick Lamar,...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. rock band Fall Out Boy topped the Billboard 200 weekly best-selling album chart for the second time in their five-album career, besting rapper Kid Cudi. "Save Rock and Roll" sold 154,000 copies in its debut week, according figures on Wednesday from Nielsen SoundScan, outpacing Kid Cudi's "Indicud," which sold 136,000 copies in its first week. Industry forecasters pegged both albums to sell about 150,000 copes last week, according to...

For pop, 2009 was a weird, in-between year. Most A-list pop stars (Beyonce, Britney) sat out '09, ceding the field to relative newcomers like Kid Cudi and a revolving door of "American Idol" contestants. Another notable development: The further decline of the album. Many of the year's best artists (Cudi again) made their reputations with mix tapes, not singles. And many saw the official release of their albums delayed, sometimes for years, without anyone much noticing. For those who did release albums this...

Wale Folarin is, by his own reckoning, among the last of his class to become famous. The D.C.-raised rapper watched compatriots like Wiz Khalifa and J. Cole release successful albums while he languished in the slow lane. Wale has such high hopes for his new disc, aptly titled "Ambition," that he once wanted to put a picture of a Grammy on its cover. The disc, Wale's second non-mix-tape release and his first for Rick Ross' Maybach Music, drops Nov. 1 (11-1-11, in other words). ...

No Kanye, no problem -- weeks after her "Fame Kills" tour with Kanye West was canceled, Lady Gaga announced she'll go it alone on a solo tour called "The Monster Ball," Billboard.com reports. The tour is set to kick off Nov. 27 in Montreal and hit 16 U.S. cities. Kid Cudi, a Kanye protege, will open for Gaga.

The Dallas Mavericks' Shawn Marion joined rapper Lil Jon during his appearance at Enclave Saturday. NFL free agent Tommie Harris was also in attendance. "I'M SORRY CHICAGO I (MESSED) YOUR CITY UP LIKE THE DECEPTICONS N THE NEW TRANSFORMERS! YEAHHHHHHH," Lil Jon Tweeted afterward. Fabolous was rolling around 10 deep when he dined at Hub 51 Saturday before his show at the Chicago Theatre. Fellow rapper Kid Cudi partied at the Underground Friday....

Tickets for the "Dave Matthews Band Caravan" shows in July at Chicago Lakeside on the South Side (8555 S. Green Bay) will go on sale this Friday. The all-day shows, on July 8-10, will feature three stages of music with Dave Matthews Band headlining each night. Other acts include Kid Cudi, O.A.R., Ray LaMontagne, Liz Phai and Flaming Lips. Tickets can be purchased on the group's website .

MUSIC 'Make Her Say' Kid Cudi In case Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" was too subtle, Kid Cudi builds his new single "Make Her Say" around a sample of Gaga's chorus and invites pals Kanye West and Common to riff over it to explain what she's really singing about. (Hint: Not Texas Hold 'Em.) "Make Her Say" isn't as meaty as his breakthrough "Day 'N Nite," but it shows Cudi is clever and connected and destined to be one of 2009's new stars. GLENN GAMBOA, NEWSDAY TV Monsters Inside Me 8 p.m....

Tickets for the "Dave Matthews Band Caravan" shows in July at Chicago Lakeside on the South Side (8555 S. Green Bay) will go on sale this Friday. The all-day shows, on July 8-10, will feature three stages of music with Dave Matthews Band headlining each night. Other acts include Kid Cudi, O.A.R., Ray LaMontagne, Liz Phai and Flaming Lips. Tickets can be purchased on the group's website .

Willie Nelson turned him down, but everyone else Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker asked to contribute to his solo debut, "Give the Drummer Some," said yes: Lil Wayne and Rick Ross, Kid Cudi and the Cool Kids, members of the Wu-Tang Clan and Rage Against the Machine. During the making of the album, Barker survived a 2008 plane crash that killed four people, including his security guard Charles Still and his assistant Chris Baker, and injured his friend DJ AM, who died of an overdose...

Lady Gaga's got herself a new touring partner to replace Kanye West: Kanye's protege, Kid Cudi. After Gaga and West's "Fame Kills" tour was killed inexplicably earlier this month -- we're guessing West's PR mishap at the VMAs may have something to do with that -- Gaga announced on her Web site Thursday that she'll kick off a different tour, "The Monster Ball," on Nov. 27 in Montreal, with Kid Cudi as her opening act. Kanye, you'll remember, is...

Jason Derulo had enough on his mind when he joined Lady Gaga's Monster Ball tour, his first major one, about two weeks ago. But then the 20-year-old "Whatcha Say" singer was told the crowds had been chewing up the opening acts and spitting them out. "There were a lot of horror stories," Derulo said Friday while sitting in his tour bus outside the Rosemont Theatre, where he performed with Gaga from Friday through Sunday. "The openers were having trouble because people were booing and chanting 'Gaga' during...